Shoe.



A. F. WIRSGHING. sHoE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT- IU. 1918.

Pateted Dee. 31,1918..

INVENTOR.

l AUGUST F. WIRSCHING, F LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

SHOE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 31, 1918.

Application filed October 10, 1918. Serial No. 257,579.

To all whom may conocia/t."r4

Be it known that I, AUGUST F. WI'RsCH- ING, a citizen of the UnitedlStates, residing at Los Angeles, inthe county of Los Angeles and Stateof California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Shoes, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to al shoe or legging and more particularly to aladys shoe.

The object of my invention is to provide a shoe or legging equipped witha conven-V ient and easily accessible purse.

With this and other objects in view my invention consists in theconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter describedand claimed.

In the accompanying drawings which form a part of this specification,

Figure 1 is a view in perspective ofa shoe embodying the principles ofmy invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertlcal section through the shoe top taken on theline 2 2 of Fig. 1 showing the method of fixing thel purse in the shoetop. y

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section through the shoe top in the line 3 3 ofFig. 2 and further showing the method of fixing the purse in the shoetop.

As indicated in Fig. 1, the shoe as awhole may be of any high toppedpattern. rIhe purse is in the form of-a pouch 10 consisting of thinleather or other material and is made of two thicknesses 11k and 12 ofthe material sewed together and to the shoe top lining 13 around theirlower and side edges and left open at the top. The upper edge 14 of theouter thickness 11 is sewed to the shoe top covering 15 so as tocoincide with its upper edge. The inner thickness 12 is sewed to theupper edge ofthe lining 13. It has an extension 16 overlapping the pouchopening and the shoe top edge and forming a flap in which the snap part17 of a snap button is fixed. The button part 18 ofthe snap button isfixed in the outerthickness 11 of the pouch material so that itprojectsoutwardly through the outer covering 15 in position to engagethe snap part 17. There is thus formed a purse between the leather i.and the lining in the shoe top with an up-L turned opening which isclosed by a flap -secured by a snap button. The pouch being sewed to theouter leather 15 of the shoe top at its upper edge only and this beingcovered by the flap 16, it is evident that none of the stitching willshow on the outside of the shoe top. The purse, therefore, presents a.

neat appearance and is easily accessible.

The operation is evident, it being necessary only to stoop or lift thefoot slightly in order to gain access to the purse .which easily may beunbuttoned and money withdrawn or inserted andthe purse snapped shutagain.

Manifestly my invention may be embodied in a legging or the likeas wellas in a shoe.

While I have shown the preferred construction of my invention as nowknown to me, it will be understood that various changes ma be made bythose skilled in the art wit out departing from thespirit of myinvention as claimed.

I claim:

1. In combination with a shoe top, legging or the like having an outercoverin `and a lining, a purse comprising a pouch Xed between the outercovering and the lining of the shoe top; a flap adapted to overlap itsopening and fasten to the shoe top; an d means for holding said flap ina closed posltion against the side of the shoe top. v

2. In combination with a shoe top, legging or the like having an outercovering and a lining a purse comprising a pouch ixed between the outercovering and the lining of the shoe top, said pouch being sewed to saidlining and having its open upper edge coinciding with the upper edge ofthe shoeI top; a Hap extension integral with said pouch and adapted tooverlap the opening of said pouch; and snap button parts fixed intosaidflap and said pouch and shoe top covering, said snap button partsVbeing adapted to coperate in holding said flap in a closed positionagainst the outer side of the shoe top.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

AUGUST r. winscrmvo.

